Cover for milk-jars



(No Model.)

0. N. WILGOX. COVER FOR MILK JARS.

"No; 521,841. Patented June 2 1894- I Wibmeooeo I SWUMWO" Curfels JV-aaaaaaa ram. 0. c.

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UNITED I STAT s PATENT OFFICE.

CURTIS N. WILCOX, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COVER FOR MILK-JARS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 521,841, dated June 26,1894.

Application filed m 2a, 1993.

or covers for bottles and jars, in which the plate of tin or other metaldesigned for the cover was stamped out with two perforated projectionsor cars on its edge. forming part of the fastening device was passedthrough the said perforations, and the ears were then bent down over thewire and upon the upper face of the cover whereby the said wire andcover were securely held together by a hinged joint. This particularconstruction I have illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings of thepresent application.

The object of my present improvement is to provide a simple device that*may serve as a handle for the jars to which the above described coversare applied and at the" same time to better secure the cover and thebail. I therefore form in the sheet metal cover an indentation under thewire and on each side of the center of the cover,a'circular groove ordepression will best answer the purpose;- and extend the said ears sothat they may embrace the wire where it extends across said depression.In the said ears are perforations, which when the ears are bent toplace, permit the ends of an arched wire to be passed under and bent ortwisted around both the Wire and the portions of the ears which lie overit. This wire thus applied aifords a bail or handle through which thefinger may be passed, and by means of which a number of jars may begathered up and carried by hand, and obviates the use of the boxes andbaskets which are now always employed by milkmen and others who attendto the delivery or handling of such jars the ears through which the endsof the handle pass constitute stops which prevent the lateraldisplacement of the same Were such provision not made the handle wouldbe liable to displacement particularly when the cover is not fastoneddown, unless the wire or bail were so The wire bail Serial ll'oi481,692- (No model.)

secured to the cover as to have no perceptible play with respect to thesame. When made and applied in the manner described, the handle liesflat upon the cover when not in use, and it should not be of suchdimensions as to extend beyond the edge of the same.

The invention consists also in another feature of construction in coversof this kind. In forming or stamping out the plates for the covers, Ipress the central portion so as to raise it slightly above the edges.Along the raised portion is a depression or groove in which thecross-wire or straight portion of the bail lies. The grooveor depressionis made shallower at the central point than at its ends, said centralpoint being slightly above the straight portion of the bail rest. WVhenthe bailis forced down to clamp the cover onto the jar,it will pressuponthe highest and central part of the groove with greatest force and thusexert a pressure which by the slight resiliency of the cover acts as aspring pressure evenly distributed to bind the edges of the covertightly down upon the orifice of the jar.

In the accompanying drawings these features are illustrated.

Fig. l is a perspective View of a jar neck with my approved coverattached. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of the cover. Fig. 3 is asection through the plate and wire on the line 0c.r of Fig. 2.

A is the jar neck, to which by any suitable and well-known appliancesthe ends of the bail B may be secured.

level of the edges upon which the ends of the j C is the plate or coverformed with a circu- I lar depression or groove D and formed with ears Ewhich are perforated at F and G, and bent over the bail B as shown.

His awire bow the ends of which are passed under the wire or bail Bthrough the perforations F, Gr, and then bent or twisted to secure it tothe wire.

The central portion of the cap or cover 0 contains the'transverse grooveK in which the wire B lies. The center of thisgroove, as indicatedinFig. 2, is higher than its ends, for the purpose above described.

What I claim is 1. The combination in a jar-closing device of a cover ofsheet metal having perforated ears at opposite edges, a wire or bailextending across said cover, the said wire being passed through theperforated ears which are bent down over the wire, and a bowed or archedwire the ends of which pass under the transverse portion of the bailthrough perforations in the cars and are twisted or turned around thebail, as set forth.

2. In a jar cover the .combination with a sheet metal plate having acentral raised portion with a transverse groove therein, .which at itsmiddle point is slightly higher than the edges of the cover, of a wireyoke or bail for clamping the cover to a jar and having a straightportion lying in the transverse groove, as set forth.

3. The combination of a sheet-metal plate having the depression orgroove D, and ears E; a bail B passing through perforations in said earswhich are bent down over the wire,

and the bowed wire H, the ends of which pass under the wire B throughperforations in the cars E over the depression D and are bent or twistedaround said wire.

4. The combination with a jar cover and a bail for securing the same tothe jar and having a straight portion extending across the upper surfaceof said cover, of a bowed or arched Wire, the ends of which engage withsaid straight portion to form a handle and projections on the coversurrounding the bail and forming stops for preventing the displacementof said handle along the wire or bail as set forth.

CURTIS N. WILOOX.

Witnesses:

R0131. F. GAYLORD, JAMES N. (JATLow.

